3056) "The Compliment", Netherlands: "Dutch Design Stamp Series": PostNL (Netherlands Post) has issued the Fifth Stamp Sheet, all stamps marked "International 1": Date of Stamp Sheet issued: 23.10.2023:
About "The Compliment" Stamp Sheet (SS):
On 23.10.2023, PostNL has issued a Stamp Sheet titled - "The Compliment" in the Dutch Design Stamp Series. The design of the stamps was created by second-year Graphic Design students at ArtEZ in Zwolle, in collaboration with Nicole Uniquole.
The stamps are marked ‘International 1’, the denomination for items up to 20g in weight with an international destination.
The Stamp Sheet "The Compliment" is the fifth issue in the Dutch Design series:
For this series, PostNL gives graphic designers, illustrators or artists carte blanche to design stamps every year.
They can use their own interests for inspiration, as well as anything that intrigues and influences them. In other words, their personal passions play a leading role.
The series has previously published ‘Forget-me-not’ (‘Vergeet-mij-nietje’) (2022) by Audrey Large in collaboration with Koos Breen, ‘Talk to the hand’ (‘Praat met de hand’) (2021) by Bart de Baets, ‘Kaleidoscope’ (2020) by Hansje van Halem and ‘Ordinary’ (‘Gewoontjes’) (2019) by Michiel Schuurman.
The design of each stamp in the "The Compliment" issue is composed of three horizontal rectangles of equal size.
The middle white rectangle contains the compliment ("you are simply yourself") in capitals, with the country designation (Netherlands), the year (2023) and the destination (international) underneath.
The top and bottom rectangles show an identical colourful pattern, rotated 180 degrees to each other.
The pattern is made up of seven different angular shapes separated by wide, white framing lines.
Wherever possible, the lines continue from one stamp to the next, both horizontally and vertically.
The tabs next to the stamps show the Priority logo for international destinations.
The tabs and sheet edges on the left and right depict similar shapes as those on the stamps.
The denomination "1" at the top right of the stamp follows along with the framing line next to it. Similarly, the sorting hook for international post is placed at the bottom left of the stamp.
Adrian Frutiger’s sans serif font Avenir, issued in 1988 by Mergenthaler Linotype Company, was used for the typography of the text.
The design of the stamp sheet "The Compliment" is the result of an educational project within the Graphic Design course of study at ArtEZ in Zwolle.
PostNL had earlier collaborated with curator Nicole Uniquole and ArtEZ on a stamp design - the 2022 issue 250 years of King William I.
In the 2022-2023 programme year, Graphic Design students at ArtEZ worked on their assignments within the overarching theme of ‘escapism’.
The groups of students presented their ideas to PostNL and Nicole Uniquole themselves. Based on their feedback, they further refined four concepts which they presented again in the next round. From all the proposals.
"The Compliment" was chosen to be developed as the final design for the stamp sheet.
The Stamp Sheet (SS) containing six stamps.
The First Day Cover (FDC) has the stamp affixed at top right. cancelled with a Special Cancellation postmark dated - "23.10.2023".
The Presentation Pack (PP)
Technical details:
Issue Date: 23.10.2023
Designer: Nicole Uniquole, in collaboration with Graphic Design
Printer: Koninklijke Joh. Enschedé B.V., Haarlem
Process: Offset
Colours: cyan, magenta, yellow, black and orange
Size:
Stamp size: 36.00 mm x 25.00 mm,
Sheet size: 108.00 mm x 150.00 mm
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